Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whoremaster

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: whore-mas-ter
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A man who uses the services of prostitutes.

Derogatory

noun

noun

An exploiter of people.

Example Sentences

"Noiselessly the fat whoremaster glided across the floor. Jimmy Earls the brothel creeper."
"a. 2000, Dale Brown, quoted in Commercialism and Conflict in Big-Time College Sports by Andrew Zimbalist This one-billion-dollar TV contract is the paramount example of the injustices in the game. Look at the money we make off predominately poor black kids. We're the whoremasters."

Etymology

From earlier hore-maister, equivalent to whore + master.

Usage

Derogatory

Inflected Forms

whoremasters (plural)

Derived Forms

whoremasterly

Synonyms

whoremonger all-nighter curb crawler fare gonk jane jockey john kerb crawler monger muttonmonger punter

Questions

What does whoremaster mean?: A man who uses the services of prostitutes.
Where does whoremaster come from?: From earlier hore-maister, equivalent to whore + master.

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